Vacuum cotton-picking machine.



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Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

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.VACUUM CO TTON-PICKING MACHINE.

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A Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Application led July 5, 1917. Serial No. 178,849.

To 'aZZ whom if may concern.'

Be it known that I, BAILEYE. CHANEY, a-

Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces and State of Texas, 'have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Vacuum Cotton-Picking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact 'description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'apper'tains to make and usel the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in vacuum cottonpicking machines, and has for one object to provide a machine of this kind which is assembled on a portable platform capable of being placed on and attached to any form of wagon.

Another'object lof .the invention lies in providing acotton picking machine including a receiver for the cotton and means to discharge the'cotton from said receiver from time to time. l It is a further object of the present improvement to furnish an improved cotton picking nozzle with guard lingers to exclude foreign matter, and with a valve to control the suction therethrough.

1n the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which similar reference` symbols indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a cross sectional view through a wagon shcwingin elevation van improved cotton picking machine thereon constructed in accordance with my invention and with parts shown in section.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 in F ig. 1.

F ig. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of one of the picking devices.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal view therethrough.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the nozzles; and

F ig. 6 is cross section 0n the line 6-6 in Fig. 5..

Referring in detail -to the drawings, I designates a wagon, which may, of course, be any other vehicle or carrier, and which may be drawn along by draft animals or selfpropelled- The picking machine is a unit,`it being assembled on a portable platform, the two main sills of which are indicated at 2 and and rest upon the wagon bei; with their` ends projecting over the wagon sides. secure meansot attaching 'the platform te the wagon l maybe found States, -residing atin the U-bolts 4 and 5, which engage at each side with the sills 2 and 3 and have their lower threaded ends passed through the projecting pieces 6 and 7, where they receive nuts 8. Obviously other means may be cmployed tol removably hold the platform on the wagon.

On the platform, at one'end, is installed the engine or motor 9 for driving the fan or other suction-producing device l0. A receiver 1'1 having a top 12 closed by a. telescoping and flanged packed joint 13, connects. with the intake ofl the fan l0 through two separate pipes 14 and 15 at top and bottom, respectively; and each pipe 14 and 15 1s under the control of'a valve 16 and 17.

A pipe 18 projects down through the center of. the top 12 of the receiver and terminates 1n a wide mouth 19 a considerable distance below the end 'of the pipe 14. r1`l1is pipe 18 also extends above the top 12 where it is formed with the nipples 20, 21 and 22 `furnishing means for the attachment of picking tubes 23, 24 and 25.

Each of the as shown in Figs. 3 to 6, where the end of thetube 23 is illustrated as slipped over a picking tubes carries a nozzle,

nipple 26 having a threaded outer end enggged by the coppling nut 27. lVithin the nipple 26 is received a short length of pipe 28, likewise A cylindrical valve 29 rotates in the outer end of the pip; 28, is held in place by a nut 30, and receives. its movement through a knob 31.

A .port 32, in the valve 29, is adapted to register with a similar port 33 in the pipe 28, over which is secured a branch 34 carrying the nozzle 35. 1n the nozzle 35 are bent spring guard fingers or wires 36, which preterably extend between one another in the manner shown to advantage in Fig. 5.

The machine being mounted on a suitable vehicle or carrier, as disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2, is made to operate as the vehicle proceeds in `the followingv manner:

The pickers walk before the machine holding 'the endsy of the picking tubes 23, 24 and 25, which may be suspended above the horses heads, where animals are used to pull the vehicle, on a beam fastened to the wagon 1. TheA attendant on the wagon will close the valve 17 and open the valve 16, while 'the pickers turn .the valves 29 by the knobs 31 to open the ports 32,'33, to that extent necessary for the best results.

engagedv bythe coupling nut 27.

between vthe spring which it will pass through l' vplete The engine or motor 9 having been set iii-'motion to drive the fan` or suction device' 10, the pickers apply the nozzles 35 to the plants so as to .bring the latter under the influence of the suction created by the device 10. This suction'lwill'draw in the cotton fingers '36 and into the nozzle 35; after the ports 33 and 32 and be conveyed by the picking tubes throughthepipe 18and into the receiver 11, where it will deposit in tlie bottom thereof, airv by which it is drawn in passing the receiver andout through the pipe 14 through the open valve l'and vto tlie.- intake ofthe suction device -preventthe entrance of any foreigninatter may .valves29 .by the knobs 31.

' 1 This action is'continued forsome time, until the'reciver 11 4is filled to the desired amount with. the accumulated cotton, whereopened, thus placing :tbe receiver 11 into a the valve-16 'is' closed and the valve17 the bottom of thereceiver 11' in v communication 'Withthe intake ofthe fan 10'through-thepipe 15'. When lthis hasbeen done the cotton will be placed by the 'fan. 10,. and

the pipe-15 to .such

`under 'the' iniuence of. the' suction. created will be drawn lthrough therebythrough the pipe 37 into the Wagon 1, or toa bag'provided to receive the same.

After-having exhausted all'of the cotton from the .receiver 11,1 the valve 17 is again closed and the valve 16 reopenedto permit the normal operation of the device and the deposit of the cotton iii the bottom of said receiver. `f

1t is one advantage of `such a device-that be carried by a Vvehicle to carry cotton; 4a-nd the the machine may vhaving no` capacity cotton may be periodically discharged from bag or other receptacle orl at'sueh intervals at predetermined points, at which the receiver-,11 becomes'illed, and

picked upy by other: In' such case the vehicle carrying Wagons.

burden of carrying the accumulated cottoriin the'wagon box' 1.

It'isvobvious lthat those skilled in the art may-varythc details ofi construction and arrangements of parts without ldeparting up through the top 12 of.

10.; Tlie fingers .36 will receiver, and. valves :of said receiver,

fan 10 and exhausted-4 extending the cotton machine mayfrom the spirit/of my invention, and there# fore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required-by the claims. f

The receiver 11 maybe removed, if desired, by disconnecting its'upper the bolts by which it is connected tothe lower flange of the' top 12; tached to this lower flange of the top 12, in any desired manner, so'as to receive the: cotton from the pipe 18 in lace of the receiver 11.- The valve 17 n t of coiirse,.be always closed. 'Vi/heirl using langefrom and a sackv at'- is case will, v

the apparatus in this'way the sack jpreferably of waterproof.material,` and )is held distended to prevent its collapse by-,a suitable fr-ame on the inside ofsuch sack;

-I claim:

1. A cotton picking machine including' a receiver, a 'suction-producing device connected to the 'upper and lower-parts ofsaid! for controlling the com# munication between the suction device and the upper and lower parts of said receiver, substantially a described. Y

2. A cotton icking machine receiver, saidvdevice with the upper and lower partsl a' normally-open4 valve in the upper pipe, and a normally-closedv valve in the'lower pipe adapted to be opened when the receiveris to be relieved ofthe accumuli lated cotton, substantially as described'.

. 3. A cotton Apicking machine including-a receiver, a suction device in connection with .including a the -upper and lower parts ofsaid receiver,

a' pipe inthe ,upperLpart of said'receiver down therein ani having its open en d considerably below the point of .the 4upper suction connection, and means for .permitting the removal of the 'cotton through the 'lower connection, substantially as de-4 scribed.

L1. A picking tube, and having a. port, a nozzle'in communica'- tion4 with said a -pipe fitted therein a suction device, pipes connecting port, and a valvein said pipe for controlling the port area, s'ubstan tially as described.

5. Anozzle for cotton'pic'kers having bent 1- 'I spring guard lingers extending between one vanother for preventing the 4entrance of foreign matte-r, substantially as described.

BAiLEY E. cultiver.

In testimony whereof, I ailiX my'signature. I 

